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From cutting-edge discoveries to impactful innovations, engage in thought-provoking discussions about the impact of research and learn about the diverse range of interdisciplinary research happening right here at Temple University. 

Research Symposium Program

Session Time

Topic & Speakers

11-11:10 a.m.

Opening Remarks

Josh Gladden, PhD, Vice President for Research (OVPR)

11:10-11:40 a.m.

AI/Machine Learning Lightning Talks

  • RoboSNAP: Robot Social Navigation Among Pedestrians
    • Philip Dames, PhD (COE); Donald Hantula, PhD (CLA); Slobodan Vucetic, PhD (CST)
  • R2P3: Reading Between the Lines Across Thousands of Social and News Media Streams to Predict Events
    • Zoran Obradovic, PhD (CST) Edoardo Airoldi, PhD (Fox); Eduard Dragut, PhD (CST); Edward Fink, PhD (Klein)
  • Building an Intelligent Alzheimer's Disease Support System Based on Integrated Multimodal Data
    • Huanmei Wu, PhD (CPH); Bari Dzomba, PhD (CPH); Hongchang Gao, PhD (CST); Domenico Pratico, MD (LKSOM); Mindy Shi, PhD (CST); Richard Souvenir, DSc (CST) 

Moderator: Geoff Wright, PhD (CPH)

11:40-11:50 a.m.

Introduction to I-SPARK

Josh Gladden, PhD, Vice President for Research (OVPR)

11:50-12:00 p.m.

Greetings & Remarks

President John A. Fry

12:00-12:30 p.m.

COVID-19 Lightning Talks

  • Using Innovative Methods to Address COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy in Philadelphia Adults: Leveraging Community Connections
    • Sarah Bass, PhD (CPH); Whitney Cabey, MD (LKSOM); Heather Gardiner, PhD (CPH)
  • Developing a Rapid, Accurate, and Low Complexity PCR Platform for Diagnosing COVID-19 and other Respiratory Diseases at Frontline Health Care Facilities
    • Glenn Gerhard, PhD (LKSOM); Hai-Lung Dai, PhD (CST)
  • Risk, Experiences, and Responses to COVID-19 for At-Risk Groups
    • Philip McCallion, PhD (CPH); Kathryn Burke (CEHD), Lisa Ferretti, PhD (CPH); Sally Gould-Taylor, PhD (CEHD) 

Moderator: Peter Marshall, PhD (CLA)

12:30-1:30 p.m.

Lunch Poster Session

1:30-2:00 p.m.

Cancer Lightning Talks

  • Automatic Interpretation of Digital Pathology Images Using Deep Learning
    • Iyad Obeid, PhD (COE); Denise Connolly, PhD (FCCC); Eduard Dragut, PhD (CST); Yuri Persidsky, MD (LKSOM)
  • Small Molecules to Inhibit SARS-CoV-2 Nsp5 Proteolytic Functions
    • Bassel Sawaya, PhD (LKSOM); Wayne Childers, PhD (Pharm)

Moderator: Shohreh Amini, PhD (CST)

2:00-2:30 p.m.

Rules of Life Lightning Talks

  • Delineating Cell-Specific Translational Signatures of Early Life Stress in Reward-Related Neural Networks
    • Matthieu Wimmer, PhD (CLA); Debra Bangasser, PhD (CLA); Eric Ross, PhD (FCCC); Yan Zhou, PhD (FCCC)
  • Modeling Movement through Heterologous Biofilm Structures for Improved Antibiotic Delivery
    • Cagla Tukel, PhD (LKSOM); Bettina Buttaro, PhD (LKSOM); Gillian Quiesser, PhD (CST); Joseph Picone (COE)
  • Stapled Peptide Probes for Interrogation of Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases (PTPs)-Mediated Neuron Growth Inhibition
    • Ross Wang, PhD (CST); Michel Lemay, PhD (COE); Shuxin Li, MD, PhD (LKSOM)

Moderator: Jason Chein, PhD (CLA)

2:30-2:45 p.m.

Coffee Break Poster Session

2:45-3:15 p.m.

Rules of Life & Frontiers of Science Lightning Talks

  • Centenarian Species Genome Project
    • Glenn Gerhard, PhD (LKSOM); Sudhir Kumar, PhD (CST)
  • Temple Center for Epistemic Security: Preserving a Democratic Society's Epistemic Security
    • Edmund Dragut, PhD (CST); David Nickerson, PhD (CLA);Meghnaa Tallaragada, PhD (Klein); Bruce Hardy, PhD (Klein); Slobodan Vucetic, PhD (CST)
  • Temple Center for Research on Energy Materials
    • Maria Iavarone, PhD (CST); Dan Strongin, PhD (CST); John Perdew, PhD (CST); Fei Ren, PhD (CST); Adrienn Ruzinsky, PhD (CST); Meghnaa Tallaragada, PhD (Klein);  Bruce Hardy, PhD (Klein); Xiaoxing Xi, PhD (CST); Qimin Yan, PhD (CST);

Moderator: Rob Kulathinal, PhD (CST)

3:15-3:45 p.m.

Sustainability Lightning Talks

  • Treasure from Trash: Upcycling Single-Use Plastics for Remediation of Polluted Waterways
    • Graham Dobereiner, PhD (CST); Bojeong Kim, PhD (CST); Yugang Sun, PhD (CST); Rominder Suri, PhD (COE); Stephanie Wunder, PhD (CST)
  • Catalyzing Convergence Research on Health and Well-Being Through a Bio3Science Sustainability Framework
    • Melissa Gilbert, PhD (CLA); Jocelyn Behm, PhD (CST); Victor Gutierrez-Velez, PhD (CLA); Allison Hayes-Conroy, PhD (CLA); Ralph Horwitz, MD, MACP (LKSOM); Rob Kulathinal, PhD (CST) 
  • Center for Smart Technologies for Environmental and Energy Sustainability
    • Rominder Suri, PhD (COE); Krishna Kant, PhD (CST); Saroj Biswas, PhD (COE); Rongjia Tao, PhD (CST);  Gangadhar Andaluri, PhD (COE); Darius Balciunas, PhD (CST)

Moderator: Laura Toran, PhD (CST)

3:45-4:00 p.m.

Coffee Break Poster Session

4:00 -5:00 p.m.

Afternoon Keynote Speakers

Mary Barbe, PhD (LKSOM); Johnathan Whetstine, PhD (FCCC); Kamel Khalili, PhD (LKSOM)

5:00-7:00 p.m.

Closing Remarks & Mixer

Poster Presentations

Poster Title

Authors

Affiliation Dept/ College

The role of ancestry informative markers (AIMs) in panCancer across panAfrica

Albert Doughan
Rob Kulathinal, PhD

Biology, CST

Learning-Based Fast Charging of Lithium-ion Batteries for Maximized Performance and Life Cycle

Renato J. Rodriguez Nunez

Damoon Soudbakhsh

Ph.D. Student, Department of Mechanical Engineering/ College of Engineering

Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering/ College of Engineering

Exploring the relations between stress, social support, psychological strengths, mental health, and stress-related growth using network analysis

Xu (Lilya) Jiang, PhD

Department of Psychological Studies/College of Education and Human Development

Characterization of novel effectors in the progranulin/EphA2 axis in bladder cancer

Vrunda Satasiya, Antonio Giordano, and Andrea Morrione

Sbarro Institute for Cancer Research and Molecular Medicine, Center for Biotechnology, Department of Biology, College of Science and Technology, Temple University

Priority Effects and Strain-Level Differences on Light Organ Community Assembly of a Coral Reef Fish

Emma Román (1), Tadashi Fukami (2), Alison Gould (1,3)

1) Temple University, 2) Stanford University, 3) California Academy of Sciences

RoboSNAP: Robot Social Navigation Among Pedestrians

Philip Dames, PhD (COE); Donald Hantula, PhD (CLA); Slobodan Vucetic, PhD (CST)

COE: Mechanical Engineering

Temple Center for Epistemic Security: Preserving a Democratic Society's Epistemic Security

Edmund Dragut, PhD (CST); David Nickerson, PhD (CLA);Meghnaa Tallaragada, PhD (Klein); Slobodan Vucetic, PhD (CST)

CST, CLA

Center for Smart Technologies for Environmental and Energy Sustainability

Rominder Suri, PhD (COE); Krishna Kant, PhD (CST); Saroj Biswas, PhD (COE); Rongjia Tao, PhD (CST);  Gangadhar Andaluri, PhD (COE); Darius Balciunas, PhD (CST)

CST, COE

Elucidating structural features of PTEN autoinhibition utilizing FRET and peptide probes

Parmila Kafley, Rongsheng E. Wang

CST (Chemistry)

Delineating Cell-Specific Translational Signatures of Early Life Stress in Reward-Related Neural Networks

Matthieu Wimmer, PhD (CLA); Debra Bangasser, PhD (CLA); Eric Ross, PhD (FCCC); Yan Zhou, PhD (FCCC)

CLA, FCCC

Building an Intelligent Alzheimer's Disease Support System Based on Integrated Multimodal Data

Huanmei Wu, PhD (CPH); Bari Dzomba, PhD (CPH); Hongchang Gao, PhD (CST); Domenico Pratico, MD (LKSOM); Mindy Shi, PhD (CST); Richard Souvenir, DSc (CST)

CPH,CST, LKSOM

Carbon + Clay

Andrew John Wit, Chad Curtis

Tyler School of Art & Architecture / Architecture, Ceramics

Regulation of p70S6 Kinase Activation Through PP2AA Degradation by Ubiquitin E3 Ligase RNF145: A Functional Role in Mitogen-Induced Human Airway Smooth Muscle Cell Proliferation and Growth

Vijaya Kumar Gangipangi1, Erin O. Curley2, Deepak A. Deshpande2, Pawan Sharma1

1Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19140. 2Center for Translational Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, Jane & Leonard Korman Respiratory Institute, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 19107.

Impact of Histone Acetylation on Genome Architecture

Rebecca G Smith1,2,3, Yu Fu4, Hannah M Wilson1,2,3, Ivy Tran1,2,3, Kathleen L Schiela1,2,3, Ryan Williams1,2,3, Job Dekker4,5#, and Yu Liu1,2,3#

1 Cancer Epigenetics Institute, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA 19111, USA

2 Nuclear Dynamics and Cancer Program, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA 19111, USA

3 Institute for Cancer Research, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA 19111, USA

4 Department of Systems Biology, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA 01605-0103, USA.

5 Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy, MD, USA.

Gait Destabilization from Visual Perturbations Varies Between VR Systems

J. Stephen Bergquist

Elizabeth B. Wilson

W. Geoffrey Wright

Daniel A. Jacobs

Health and Rehabilitation Sciences - College of Public Health

Bioengineering - College of Engineering

Epigenetic Balance Controls KMT2A/MLL Amplification and Rearrangement

Madison A. Honer 1,2,3,4,

Zach H. Gray 1,2,3,4,

Damayanti Chakraborty 5,

Benjamin I. Ferman 1,2,3,4,

Christopher Miranda 1,2,3,

Cihangir Duy 1,2,3,

Rebecca Smith 1,2,3,

Yu Liu 1,2,3,

Hayan Lee 1,2,3,

Umit Kaniskan 6,

Jian Jin 6,

Kashish Chetal 7,

Ruslan Sadreyev 7,8,

Johnathan R. Whetstine 1,2,3

1 Cancer Epigenetics Institute, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA

2 Nuclear Dynamics and Cancer Program, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA 19111, USA

3 Institute for Cancer Research, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA 19111, USA

4 Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, Philadelphia PA 19140, USA

5 Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Oxford University, UK

6 Mount Sinai Center for Therapeutics Discovery, Departments of Pharmacological Sciences and Oncological Sciences, Tisch Cancer Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA

7 Department of Molecular Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center and Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA, 02114, USA

8 Department of Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA

PHASE MIS-SEPARATION IMPEDES CHROMATIN TARGETING AND BIOGENESIS OF RIBONUCLEOPROTEINS

Alexander David Morris¹,², Genxuan Cameron Lian¹, Emily Pochet¹,³, Julia Hoopman¹,², Seonhee Kim⁴, Livio Pellizzoni⁵, Grazia Raffa⁶, Lu Chen¹,²,³

1 Nuclear Dynamic and Cancer Program; Cancer Epigenetic Institute, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA
2 Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program, Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
3 Molecular & Cell Biology & Genetics (MCBG) program, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA
4 Shriners Hospitals Pediatric Research Center, Dept of Neural Sciences, Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
5 Center for Motor Neuron Biology and Disease; Dept of Pathology and Cell Biology; Dept of Neurology, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
6 Dipartimento di Biologia e Biotecnologie, Sapienza Università di Roma, Italy

Early Detection of Postural Instability in Individuals with Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy Using a Novel Smartphone Application

Shirin R. Hussain, Khurram H. Khan, David B. Sarwer, W. Geoffrey Wright

Collage of Public Health, Department of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences

Temple University School of Podiatric Medicine

Leveraging Spatial Behavior and Longitudinal Activity Space Data for Advancing Mobile Health (mHealth) Interventions

Jeremy Mennis, Temple University, J. Douglas Coatsworth, University of Tennessee, Michael Russell,

Pennsylvania State University, Nikola Zaharakis, University of Tennessee, Nathaniel R. Riggs, Colorado State University, Aaron Brown, University of Kentucky, Michael J. Mason, University of Tennessee

Geography, Environment and Urban Studies, College of Liberal Arts

Biomechanics of Aorta in FXR1 Smooth-Muscle Specific Knock out Mice Dictates Contractility and Blood Pressure

Mehrdad Swizi1

Tahmineh Aghabarari1

Kurosh Darvish1

Dominic Openko2

Amanda Peluzzo2

Sheri Kelemen2

Xinji Guo2

Michael Autieri2

1 Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, , Temple University.

2 Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, Lewis Katz School of Medicine , Temple University.

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